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Python Python Basics (2015) Number Game App String length

Hideki Matsuura
Hideki Matsuura
3,860 Points
Posted by Hideki Matsuura
Hideki Matsuura
3,860 Points

I can't quite grasp what I did wrong in this challenge.

I can't quite grasp what I did wrong in this challenge.

strlen.py 
def just_right(text):
    size = len(text)
    if size < 5:
        print("Your string is too short.")
    elif size > 5:
        print("Your string is too long.")
    else:
        return True

3 Answers

Konstantin Surikov
Konstantin Surikov
18,590 Points
Konstantin Surikov
Konstantin Surikov
18,590 Points

You should return a string rather than print it

Fernando Zhu
Fernando Zhu
22,304 Points
Fernando Zhu
Fernando Zhu
22,304 Points 
def just_right(my_str):
    if len(my_str) < 5:
        return "Your string is too short"
    elif len(my_str) > 5:
        return "Your string is too long"
    else:
        return True